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February 7, 2012

Super Bowl Adverts: More Shocking than M.I.A

Feb 7, 2012 / Blog

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Madonna was the headlining halftime act for the Super Bowl 2012, which aired this past Sunday to a record breaking 14 million viewers. That’s 3 million more than expected and a figure which doesn’t even take into account the YouTube hits the performance will receive after the event. It’s the first time I can think [...]

February 7, 2012

Interview: Hannah Marshall on Powerful Women, Icons, Muses & Friends

Feb 7, 2012 / Blog

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Naomi Campbell wearing Hannah Marshall in Vogue Korea, August 2009AW: Your collections convey a sense of female empowerment, how do you achieve this? HM: I am constantly inspired by strong women such as Grace Jones, Siousxie Sioux, Tilda Swinton and Bjork; women that are unique, powerful, have conviction, integrity, a sense of strength and inner [...]

February 7, 2012

Interview: Samantha Donnelly on her Exhibition ‘Contour States’

Feb 7, 2012 / Blog

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Samantha Donnelly (centre) at the opening of her exhibition “Contour States” at The Cornerhouse, Manchester AW: The exhibition literature notes that your work is “concerned with the powerful effects of media imagery on the individual, and in particular with how the portrayal of women in the media shapes and defines them”. How do you think [...]

January 22, 2012

HELP! Erin’s Model Sanctuary desperately needs a new home for Fashion Week

Jan 22, 2012 / Blog

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British supermodel and All Walks Co-founder Erin O’Conner is desperately seeking a new home for her Model Sanctuary during London Fashion Week this February. Please read her letter, below, to find out more about this essential resource for young models and how you could help the important work of the Sanctuary to continue this season. [...]

January 9, 2012

Interview: Elisha Smith-Leverock on her Award-winning Film ‘I Want Muscle’

Jan 9, 2012 / Blog

charlotte.gush / a shaded view of fashion, all walks beyond the catwalk, body building, Charmaine Ayden, Elisha Leverock Smith, Elisha Smith Leverock, fashion film, female body building, film festival winner, I Want Muscle, Interview, Kizzy Vaines, Winner of the 2011 ASVOFF MK2 Grand Prix /

Elisha Smith-Leverock is a filmmaker and photographer working in fashion and music. The All Walks team first met Elisha at a dinner hosted by The W Project. Our very own Caryn and Debra gave a presentation on the All Walks initiative, alongside accessory and prop designer Fred Butler, who presented her work and introduced us [...]

December 15, 2011

Beauty, retouched: Is natural beauty just not beautiful enough?

Dec 15, 2011 / Blog

charlotte.gush / advertising, age, All walks, all walks beyond the catwalk, allwalks, body image, diversity, fashion, natural beauty, photoshopped images, post production, real beauty, retouching, Zina Graber /

The ‘retouching’ of imagery is all around us; the process is used to ‘perfect’ most, if not every, photograph within the media. Natural beauty is often disguised by the detailed manipulation of ‘imperfections’ during the post-production process, producing a glamorous illusion of many icons in our culture. Magazine editors have argued that the reasoning behind [...]

December 7, 2011

Kids Should Have Lessons on Body Image, says Top Headteacher

Dec 7, 2011 / Blog

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Cover of ‘Body Image In The Primary School’ by Nikki Hutchinson and Chris Calland A prominent headteacher has recently declared that children from as young as four should be given lessons on body image, in a bid to control the daily, dangerous influence of media imagery, especially fashion imagery. Dr Helen Wright, President of the [...]

November 23, 2011

All Walks model Valerie Pain walks for Fashion Fringe winner Fyodor Golan

Nov 23, 2011 / Blog

charlotte.gush / age, All walks, all walks beyond the catwalk, body diversity, Fashion Fringe 2011, Fyodor Golan, Hanna Fillingham, lfw, london fashion week, mature model, model, valerie pain /

For their S/S collection – that was showcased as part of their winning Fashion Fringe entry, design duo Fyodor Podogrny and Golan Frydman (together forming FYODOR GOLAN) decided to break fashionable conventions by selecting All Walk’s very own mature model Valerie Pain to showcase their collection. “This s/s we were looking for the essence of [...]

November 10, 2011

Hips as Narrow as Her Head? Advertising’s Distorted Bodies

Nov 10, 2011 / Blog

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If you walk around Madrid these days, you will definitely see the new advertisement of the fashion brand Amy Gee, due to the fact that they have invested a huge amount of money on their outdoor campaign all around the city. I didn’t know the brand before, but the image of their latest advertisement worried [...]

November 7, 2011

MissRepresentation: Challenge the Media to Portray the Real Value of Women

Nov 7, 2011 / Blog

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Newest Miss Representation Trailer from Miss Representation. MissRepresentation is a campaign that seeks to expose how society in general, and young women in particular, are being sold by the media the concept that the value of women and girls lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. The trailor for the campaign’s eponymous film, a 2011 [...]

October 15, 2011

Debbie Huntley of L.2.Mae tells us why Beauty is ‘Infused’ with Diversity

Oct 15, 2011 / Blog

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While Somerset House shone in the spotlights during London Fashion Week, friend of All Walks Nina Malone (of production company “The Collective by Reema and Nina”) was involved in the production of another fantastic fashion show, this time in the name of charity. Set up by The Anglo Ecuadorian Society to help raise funds for [...]

October 11, 2011

Our London Fashion Week Highlights

Oct 11, 2011 / Blog

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Whatever shape you are, whatever age you are, the women in this post show that being unique is the most beautiful trend to have emerged from fashion week, and I hope you can use this inspiration to embrace your individuality with pride.

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